Breaking Huge Global CyberAttack spreading right now. Probably a Petya variant that spreads through SMB

[Sarkar]

The GoldenEye strain of the Petya ransomware was designed to wipe out data, and hit companies throughout Europe and even one in Australia.
Russia behind GoldenEye ransomware attack, says Ukraine

Why blaming Russians when it was the American CIA who exposed the Windows flaw

 

[sumitroy]

Why blaming Russians when it was the American CIA who exposed the Windows flaw

The country's SBU security service says it has found evidence suggesting Russian security services were involved, according to a statement released Saturday.
In its statement, SBU said it obtained data with international antivirus companies that led it to conclude that "the same hackers are involved in the attacks, which [shut down Ukraine's power grids] using Telebots and BlackEnergy in December 2016."

"This proves the involvement of the Russian special services in this attack," it concluded.

 

[sumitroy]

The authors behind the recent Petya ransomware attack, which rocked computers around the globe last week, have spoken out for the first time. In a message initially spotted by Motherboard on a Tor site known as DeepPaste (via The Verge), the Petya hackers have demanded 100 Bitcoins, currently worth more than $250,000, in exchange for a private key to decrypt disks affected by the attack.
Hackers behind Petya attack demand ransom of more than $250,000